International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278 - 3202 5 7 2016 07 10 Isolation and Identification of Fungi Microbiome in oral Cavity of Students in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria 85 87 EN S.R.* Sarmah 1 Mycology and Microbiology Department, Tocklai Tea Research Institute (TTRI), Tea Research Association (TRA), Jorhat 785008, Assam, India P. Dutta 2 Mycology and Microbiology Department, Tocklai Tea Research Institute (TTRI), Tea Research Association (TRA), Jorhat 785008, Assam, India P.N. Bhattacharyya 3 Mycology and Microbiology Department, Tocklai Tea Research Institute (TTRI), Tea Research Association (TRA), Jorhat 785008, Assam, India B. Payeng 4 Mycology and Microbiology Department, Tocklai Tea Research Institute (TTRI), Tea Research Association (TRA), Jorhat 785008, Assam, India A.J. Tanti 5 Mycology and Microbiology Department, Tocklai Tea Research Institute (TTRI), Tea Research Association (TRA), Jorhat 785008, Assam, India Trune Pao Ngakhainii 1 Department of Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India Krishna Upadhaya 2 Department of Basic Sciences and Social Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India Mir Aabid Hussain 3 Department of Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India Dinesh M.D.1* 1 Department of Microbiology, Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally, Wayanad, Kerala, India Prasanta Nanda 1 Department of Zoology, D.N. Government College, Itanagar, Arunachalpradesh, India-791113 Shyam K.* Pun 1 Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal Mahendra Maharjan 2 Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal Koushik Dutta* 1 Department of Environmental Science, Sambhu Nath College, Labpur, Birbhum, W.B., India Apurba Ratan Ghosh 2 Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, W.B., India Anup Kumar Sarkar 1 Department of Botany, Prasanna Deb Women’s College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal-735101, India Tanuja Khatun 1 Tanuja Khatun- ICMR virus Unit Kolkata-700 010, West Bengal, India Anindya Sundar Panja 2 Anindya Sundar Panja-Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India Rajendra Prasad Chatterjee 3 Rajendra Prasad Chatterjee- ICMR virus Unit Kolkata-700 010, West Bengal, India Shyamalendu Chatterjee* 4 Shyamalendu Chatterjee- ICMR virus Unit Kolkata-700 010, West Bengal, India Zeeshan Siddique* 1 Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Haripur, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan Sobia Nisa 2 Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Haripur, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan Mujtaba Shah Ghulam 3 Department of Botany, Hazara University Mansehra, KPK, Pakistan Abdullah Khan 4 Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Haripur, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan Muhammad Mohiuddin 5 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan D.N.* Ezikanyi 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria C.V. Nnamani 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria B.O. Elem 3 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria > Short Communication 2016 4 19 2016 07 10 Microbiomes occupy different parts of the body including the oral cavity and they influence health and diseases. Studies on isolation and identification of culturable fungal microbiome prevalent in oral cavity of students in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki was carried out in November, 2015. The aim of the study was to determine the most prevalent culturable fungi species inhabiting the oral cavity of healthy students. Swab sticks were employed for the collection of oral samples and inoculated onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) media and incubated for 72 hours at 250C, fungal species were isolated and identified. Fungi species identified were Candida, Aspergillus , Fusarium, Blastomyces and Histoplasma. The research revealed that Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. were the most preponderant fungi organisms in oral cavity of healthy students. Copyright@ International Science Community Association